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§ 1389-bb. Requirements for generators of regulated medical waste.  1.
All  the  requirements of this title shall apply to hospitals as defined
in subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred one of  this  chapter
and  to  residential  health  care  facilities as defined in subdivision
three of section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter  and  clinical
laboratories  as  defined  in  section  five hundred seventy-one of this
chapter.
  2.  The  commissioner  shall   promulgate   regulations   establishing
standards  which  shall be applicable to generators of regulated medical
waste, as may be necessary to protect human health and the  environment.
Such  standards  shall include, but need not be limited to, requirements
respecting:

(a) Recordkeeping practices that accurately identify the quantities of such regulated medical waste produced and the disposition thereof;

(b) Compliance with the marking, labeling and packaging requirements pursuant to section thirteen hundred eighty-nine-cc of this title;

(c) Compliance with the tracking system pursuant to section 27-1504 of the environmental conservation law; and

(d) Submission of an annual report to the commissioner of environmental conservation, and additional reports at such times as the said commissioner deems necessary, on such forms as the said commissioner shall prescribe, respecting the quantities of regulated medical waste produced during a specified time period, and the disposition thereof.